Local 10 News also heard on Friday from a man whose cousin was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Miami Gardens back in 2014.He's now a member of a non-profit organization to raise awareness to the growing issue, while his own loved one's case remains unsolved.

"These are souls that continue to compound where there is no closure, so we must take that into account," Kevin L. Samuel said.The nonprofit, Just An Accident Stop-Hit and Runs, was founded by the victim's sister, Dr. Yolanda Green-Samuel. Eugene Green was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Sept. 13, 2011.

Kevin Samuel, 49, is still waiting for the hit-and-run death in 2014 of his cousin Eugene Green, then 48, to be solved.Green stepped off a bus in Miami Gardens, grabbed his bicycle and was struck when he rode to the corner of Northwest 37th Avenue and 183rd Street.

The bus's video camera captured the fatal crash but the hit-and-run driver has not been captured.

Samuel's family formed the non-profit Just An Accident, STOP organization to address the problem.

"We're trying to drive home a message of awareness, education and provide some kind of advocacy for the victims," he said.

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Just an Accident STOP! Hit and Runs, a 501(C)3 (JAAS), is excited to be a grass roots community partnering with the Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FHSMV) during February-Hit and Run Awareness Month.

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